Background
Smith, Otterbein Oscar was born on March 6, 1858 in near Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States. Son of Review Oscar F. and Esther A. (Lynn) Smith.
Smith, Otterbein Oscar was born on March 6, 1858 in near Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois, United States. Son of Review Oscar F. and Esther A. (Lynn) Smith.
Educational public schools, Illinois, and under tutelage. Studied theology under private tutors and at Chicago Theological Seminary. Doctor of Divinity, Capital U., Oklahoma, 1905.
Mistress Alma Jessis Harris, Mistress Isabel Esther Lane. Ordained Congleton ministry, 1885. Pastor Neponset, Illinois, 1886-1890, Wayne, 1891-1893, 2d Church, Moline, Illinois, 1893-1895, Traer, Iowa, 1895-1899.
State superintendent S.S. work. Iowa, 1899-1904; pastor 1st Church, Council Bluffs, 1905-1911, 1st Church, Pierre, South Dakot, 1912-1916, Ainsworth, Nebraska, 1916-1919, 1st Church, Fremont, Nebraska, 1919-1923, First Church, Pueblo, Colorado, 1923-1930, First Church, Eaton, Colorado, 1930-1931, Berkeley Community Congressional Church, Denver, December since 1931.
Author: Child Life and Sex Hygiene, 1912. Chautauqua and lyceum lecturer. Contributor on psychic topics.
Mason.
Married Emma V. Ginsberg, March 11, 1879. Children: Milo Oscar, Mistress.